Do a search for . Midland counties publications . they are based in hinckly liecestershire and open to the public saturdays also, they have vast stocks of old mag’s and books etc . well worth a visit and could find what you are looking for give them a call or drop in .
Lovely saturated colours.
Wonder where i can get a Velvia Photoshop plug-in. lol. 😀
keep it up.
Dean
http://www.onebigworld.fotopic.net
There is a Velvia plug in. works very well also,
There be one at the national space center in liecester.
and very well set out .
Yes you can get on the base on fridays and also mondays for arrivals and depatures , also theres plenty of camp sites that you should find if you look on the Riat websites most on just off base . check here for any other questions you have theres all the info you need if you ask,
RIAT Camping .
Takes you back doesnt it, fighting with your brothers to see who opens the cornflakes 1st and gets the model .
would be nice to find the tooling for the kits if they was still around somewhere,
The AAM was not designed around the B52 the fact it was based on a slice out of a dounut fact chris somebody was the guys name that did the design for it, He also designed the millinium bridge in london the one that swings all over the place , guess where he got that design from . is guitar he plays looking at the neck and strings on it. not sure if he as anything too do with the cosford building but i bet there is something of his in it. what a eyesore looks like its falling over . when you see 100.000 sqft warehouses going up in a few months for a few million that would house lots more . its madness to see these so called design people walking away with millions for something they drew up on a fag packet from sitting down playing is guitar eating a dounut.
Glad you had a nice visit , must agree about the Boulton & Paul P.111 VT935 . it should be sent to cosford and put under cover . The interior of
Canberra PR3 WF992 looks in a stunning condition same as the outside good set of pictures thanks for posting them.
…speaking of which.
Anybody know if Wellesbourne are doing a taxi run this year please ?
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Not sure of any dates , But there web site gives out the dates and any for engine run days . would say around june thou for there taxi runs .
Wild guess?.
a bit of a tail wheel from a spit maybe . just a wild guess thou.
Air_Britain’s ‘Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft Since 1946’ shows the following service history for SX336:
“Ready for collection, 30 April 1946; delivered RDU Culham, May 46; AHU Abbotsinch, 21 August 46; tested 22 November 46 – 3 December 46; to GI Class II as A571; At Bramcote as A2055, June 53; AHU Stretton, 27 July 55 (fire fighting practice); sold for scrap to British Aluminium, Latchford Lock, Warrington?; Joseph Brierley & Son scrapyard, Warrington.”
It was at the latter location that Mark 12 came to the rescue.
The aircraft appears to have never been issued to a front-line or reserve squadron.
BR
Laurie.
Thanks for that info . Would be nice for a flypast over its old base at Bramcote some time all the old hangers still exsist and they have a open day in the summer so a flypast would go down very well indeed .
Use to be lots of old boys when i started work as a young man 1980 working at the rolls royce ansty . who used to make planes like them out of 2p coins and 1p coin spit was a bent over 2p coin for the wings and 2p for the fuse.
1p coin cut for the tailend etc and the off cuts for the props all brazed and filed and polished to make splendid tie pins etc.made lots of types all stunning little creations . the joys of the night shift ,they also made cracking Rc model engines for the rolls royce Rc model flying club all out of scrap alloy thou 😉
Not sure where the bad press comes from for the 18-55 kit lens
ok for indoor use its poor and you will need the flash . but for out door and statics i find it very good . ok its not £100s of L Glass its about £50s worth and will take very good shots of statics etc plenty wide for getting up close .if your after a picture it will do the job.a few below with the 18-55
not my best with the lens but all i have on the drive at present. if you want to see anymore i will dig some out.hanger shot to show its indoor use notice no lights on in the hanger slow shutter and a very steady hand . vodka pod . 🙂
Any history on this Seafire. the SX code i think was used by a lot of the Sefires of 1833Sqn RNVR . Based at Bramcotes Warwickshire.
Take a look on this site .Its a very new site and being updated weekly so worth a look.
http://lowfly.net/16.html
Have a bullet combat foamy for slope action .